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EP0154728A1
EP0154728A1 EP84200361A EP84200361A EP0154728A1 EP 0154728 A1 EP0154728 A1 EP 0154728A1 EP 84200361 A EP84200361 A EP 84200361A EP 84200361 A EP84200361 A EP 84200361A EP 0154728 A1 EP0154728 A1 EP 0154728A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L5/00—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
    • G01L5/13—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the tractive or propulsive power of vehicles
    • G01L5/136—Force sensors associated with a vehicle traction coupling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
    • E02F9/006—Pivot joint assemblies
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
    • E02F9/26—Indicating devices
    • E02F9/264—Sensors and their calibration for indicating the position of the work tool
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/08—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for incorporation in vehicles
    • G01G19/083—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for incorporation in vehicles lift truck scale
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/20—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electrokinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress
    • G01L1/22—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electrokinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress using resistance strain gauges
    • G01L1/2206—Special supports with preselected places to mount the resistance strain gauges; Mounting of supports
    • G01L1/2218—Special supports with preselected places to mount the resistance strain gauges; Mounting of supports the supports being of the column type, e.g. cylindric, adapted for measuring a force along a single direction
    • G01L1/2225—Special supports with preselected places to mount the resistance strain gauges; Mounting of supports the supports being of the column type, e.g. cylindric, adapted for measuring a force along a single direction the direction being perpendicular to the central axis

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  • This invention relates to a load detector which can detect loads with high accuracy.
  • U.S. Patent Nos. 3,695,096 discloses a strain detecting load cell formed of a coupling member such as pin or bolt, which member defines a hole along its central axis, and strain gauges bonded to the circumferential wall of the hole, whereby to detect a shear force corresponding to each load to be exerted to the coupling member.
  • the strain detecting load cell of the above structure has poor detection sensitivity and is thus unable to detect with good accuracy each load to be applied to the coupling member, because the wall thickness of the coupling member on which the strain gauges are bonded must be large in order to keep its strength at a sufficient level.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,165,637 discloses a force- transferring device in which two holes are formed along the central axis of a pin in such a way that a plane containing the central axes of these holes extends perpendicularly to the direction of action of each force, and strain gauges are provided on the inner walls of these holes so as to detect a shear force corresponding to each load to be applied to the pin.
  • the above force- transferring device is accompanied by a potential danger that the strength and rigidity of the pin would be reduced due to the formation of two holes therethrough and may be broken or may develop undesirous deformations when applied with a.-large load, although it seems to be able to detect with good accuracy loads to be applied to the pin as the pin has small cross-sectional areas at areas where the pins are respectively provided.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,199,978 discloses to form a hole along the length of an elongated member and to arrange a transducer, which has attachment parts-at both ends thereof and a measuring part at a location between both ends thereof, in the hole in such a way that the attachment parts are symmetrical relative to the point of action of each load, whereby to measure the angle between two tangents to an elastic deformation line to be developed in the elongated member by the load. It is indispensable in the above structure to arrange the attachment parts symmetrically relative to the point of action of each load. -Accordingly, the installation of the transducer must be conducted with special care.
  • the present invention has been completed by taking such problems of the prior art technique into consideration.
  • An object of this invention is thus to provide a load detector which is capable of maintaining sufficient degrees of detection sensitivity, strength and rigidness and which does not develop detection errors even if the points of action of loads changes from one another.
  • a load detector which comprises:
  • the insertion members each having one or more deformation-sensing portions, which are responsive to each load applied to the pin-like member arranged between the force-transmitting members, undergo deformations and hence enlarge the resulting strain.
  • the signal-producing means adapted to obtain only portion of the resulting strain which portion has been produced by each shear deformation of the pin-like member are disposed within the pin-like member.
  • the insertion members are provided respectively with the force-transmitting paths between the force-transmitting members and the deformation-sensing portions are arranged with their axis of symmetry nearly coincident with the neutral axis of the pin-like member for bending deformations.
  • each load applied to the pin-like member can be obtained with high accuracy in terms of strain, which has been caused by the resulting shear deformation of the pin-like member, by means of the deformation-sensing portions and signal-producing means without need for changing the diameter of the pin-like member and, accordingly, the load applied to the pin-like member can be detected with high accuracy compared with conventional load detectors.
  • the pin-like member Since the hole is formed along the neutral axis of the pin-like member for bending deformations, namely, in a portion giving little influence to the strength and rigidity of the pin-like member and the insertion member is disposed in the hole, the pin-like member is allowed to retain sufficient strength and rigidity and can thus withstand great loads.
  • the present invention has brought about another advantageous effect that the pin-like member may be employed for a wide variety of purposes as a machine-constituting part such as a connecting pin because the detector does not produce any significant detection errors even if the points of action of loads vary from one another.
  • Figures 6(a) and 6(b) are schematic illustrations showing by way of example typical forms of deformations to be developed in the load detector shown in Figure 1, namely, Figure 6(a) is a schematic illustration showing a deformation which has been produced in the insertion member due to a shear deformation of the load detector while Figure 6(b) is a schematic illustration depicting a deformation which has been produced in the insertion member'due to a bending deformation of the load detector;
  • numerals 1,2 indicate force-transmitting members, namely, machine-constituting members respectively.
  • Designated at numeral 3 is a load detector according to this invention, which also serves as a pin connecting the machine-constituting members 1,2 together.
  • the load detector 3 is made, for example, of a cylindrical pin-like member 4, which defines two holes 5,6 formed with their axis of symmetry coincident or nearly coincident with the neutral axis of the pin-like member 4 and having circular cross-sections, and insertion members 7, 8 which are inserted respectively in the holes 5,6 and are individually made for example of a metal.
  • the insertion member 7 is disposed between the machine-constituting member 1 and one of the arms of the machine-constituting member 2, namely, on one of the force-transmitting paths, whereas the insertion member 8 is arranged between the machine-constituting member 1 and the other arm of the machine-constituting member 2, i.e., on the other force-transmitting path.
  • the insertion member 7 has at both end parts thereof securement portions coupled with the pin-like member 4, namely, securement portions 9,10 having cylindrical shapes of substantially the same diameters as the hole 5.
  • securement portions 9,10 there are respectively provided fixing portions 9a,10a which have diameters smaller than those of the securement portions 9,10.
  • the insertion member 7 is further provided at a central part thereof with a thin-walled deformation-sensing portion 11 which is responsive to each load to be exerted on the pin-like member 4, undergoes a deformation and hence enlarges the resulting strain.
  • the insertion member 8 has securement portions 12,13, fixing portions and a deformation-sensing portion 14.
  • the lengthwise dimensions of the securement portions 9,10, fixing portions 9a,10a, deformation-sensing portion 11 and the hole 5 of the insertion member 7 are determined, as illustrated by way of example in Figure 3, in such a way that a region lying between the inner walls of the securement portions 9,10 of the insertion member 7 and indicated by a distance L falls within a region extending between the side wall of the machine-constituting member 1 and the inner side wall of the corresponding arm of the machine-constituting member 2 -and indicated by a distance L*.
  • the deformation-sensing portions 11,14 are arranged With their axis of symmetry nearly coincident with the neutral axis for bending deformations and enlarge the resulting strain in proportion to their lengthwise dimensions, i.e., the distances between their corresponding fixing portions.
  • the securement portions 9,10,12,13 of the insertion members 7,8 are coupled with the pin-like member 4 by such means as shrink-fitting, welding, fastening by tapered screws, fixing with an adhesive or the like.
  • numerals 15,16,17,18 indicate means adapted to convert the extent of each deformation of the deformation-sensing portion 11 into signals.
  • the means will hereinafter be called “signal-producing means", which may for example be strain gauges.
  • the strain gauges 15,16 are applied on the upper surface (as seen in Figure 1) of the deformation-sensing portion 11 and along the axis of the pin-like member 4.
  • the strain gauges 17,18 are applied on the lower surface (as seen in Figure 1) of the deformation-sensing portion 11 and along the axis of the pin-like member 4.
  • strain gauges 15,16 and the strain gauges 17,18 are arranged at symmetric positions relative to the neutral axis for bending deformatins of the pin-like member., so that their output signals relating to bending are cancelled out.
  • numerals 19,20,21,22 indicate strain gauges applied on the deformation-sensing portion 14.
  • These strain gauges 15 - 18 and strain gauges 19 - 22 form individually bridges illustrated by way of example in Figure 4.
  • "e i '", “e 1 " and “e 2 " indicate an input voltage, an output voltage from the strain gauges 15 - 18 and an output voltage from the strain gauges 19 - 22, respectively.
  • Numerals 23,24 indicate respectively leads which are connected respectively to the strain gauges 15 - 18 -and the strain gauges 19 - 22. These leads 23,24 extend through through-holes 25,26 formed through the fixing portions and securement portions 10,12 of the insertion members 7,8. The leads 23,24 then extend through the holes 5,6 to the exterior of the pin-like member 4.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing one example of a unit connected to the load detector 3 illustrated in Figure 1.
  • designated at numeral 27 is a computing unit which is for example composed of a microcomputer, which consists in turn of an input unit 28 adapted to receive each output voltages e l ,e 2 from the strain gauges 15 - 18 and 19 - 22, a memory 29 adapted to store the relationship between each output voltages e 1 ,e 2 of the strain gauges and the magnitude of each load, a CPU (central processing unit) 30 adapted to perform logical steps, operations and the like based on signals -input to the input unit 28, and an output unit 31 adapted to output each result obtained at the CPU 30.
  • a computing unit which is for example composed of a microcomputer, which consists in turn of an input unit 28 adapted to receive each output voltages e l ,e 2 from the strain gauges 15 - 18 and 19 - 22, a memory 29 adapted to store the relationship between each output voltages e 1 ,e 2 of the
  • Numeral 32 indicates a display unit which is connected to the output unit 31 and is composed of a display or the like.
  • These computing unit 27 through display unit 32 make up signal-processing means which processes signals output from the load detector 3.
  • the signal-processing means of the above type is, generally speaking, not limited to that illustrated in Figure 5 but may take a variety of forms.
  • the deformation of the pin-like member 4, namely, the deformation ⁇ of the insertion member 7 over the distance L may include a deformation caused by a shear force as indicated in Figure 6(a) and/or a deformation developed by a bending moment as depicted in Fig. 6(b).
  • the deformation ⁇ which has occurred over the distance L in the pin-like member 4 is in turn caused to appear along the length d in the deformation-sensing portion 11(14).
  • the fixing portions 9a,10a are kept isolated from the wall of the hole 5 because the diameters of the fixing portions 9a,10a are designed, as shown in Figure 3, smaller compared for example with the diameters of the securement portions of the insertion member 7. Accordingly, the fixing portions 9a,10a do not develop deformations by forces from the wall of the hole 5, but it is only the deformation-sensing portion 11 that undergoes a good deformation. This also applies to the insertion member 8.
  • strain gauges 15(19),17(21) . are elongated but the strain gauges 16(20),18(22) are shrunk as depicted in Figure 6(a) when the load detector is deformed by a shear force. Since these strain gauges 15 - 18, 19 - 22 are connected into bridges as shown in Figure 4, the voltages e 1 ,e 2 are output in proportion to the shear forces, namely, the forces W 1 ,W 2 . Since the deformation-sensing portions 11,14 are arranged along the neutral axis for bending deformations, strains caused due to deformations by bending moments are thus kept at minimum levels.
  • the deformation-sensing portions 11,14 are formed into thin-walled plates, their rigidities are smaller than those of the fixing portions 9a,10a, thereby concentrating the overall deformation of the region L on the deformation-sensing portions 11,14 and thus enlarging their strains. Accordingly, the deformation-sensing portions 11,14 are assured to exhibit sufficient detection sensitivity.
  • the holes 5,6 in which the insertion members 7,8 are respectively inserted are formed along the neutral axis for bending deformations of the pin-like member 4. Therefore, it is possible to minimise the reduction in strength of the pin-like member 4 due to the existence of the holes 5,6 to such a small extent that the reduction may practically be ignored. Namely, the maximum stress to be developed in the pin-like member 4 when a force is applied to the pin-like member 4 will appear as a bending stress. Thus, it is reasonable to evaluate the strength of the pin-like member 4 in terms of the bending stress. This bending stress increases generally in proportion to the cube of the diameter of the pin-like member 4.
  • the external dimensions namely, the diameters of the pin-like member 4
  • the pin-like member 4 it is possible to provide the pin-like member 4 with a sufficient degree of strength although the holes 5,6 are formed along the neutral axis for its bending deformations.
  • the insertion member 7 is provided on the force-transmitting path between the right arm (as seen in Figure 1) of the member 2 and the member 1 whereas the insertion member 8 is arranged on the force-transmitting path between the left arm (as seen in the same figure) of the member 2 and the member 1.
  • an insertion member is provided for each force-transmitting path.
  • Figure 7(a) is a side elevation of a load detector according to the second embodiment of this invention, a part of which load detector is shown in cross-section.
  • Figure 7(b3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII(b)-VII(b) of Figure 7(a).
  • insertion members 33, 34 are only different from the first embodiment.
  • the insertion member 33 has at both end parts thereof cylindrical securement portions 35,36 coupled with the pin-like member 4 and at a central part thereof a deformation-sensing portion 37 which may undergo a deformation in accordance with a load to be applied to the pin-like member 4 so as to enlarge the resulting strain and has a square-cylindrical shape having dimensions significantly smaller than the diameters of the securement portions 35,36.
  • two strain gauges R 1 and additional two strain gauges R I are respectively applied symmetrically to each other relative to the neutral axis for bending deformations of the pin-like member 4.
  • two strain gauges R 2 and additional two strain gauges R 2 are also applied symmetrically to each other relative to the neutral axis for bending deformations of the pin-like member 4 respectively on both side surfaces (as seen in Figures 7(a) and 7(b)) of the deformation-sensing portion 37.
  • the insertion member 34 has securement portions 38,39 and a square-cylindrical deformation-sensing portion 40.
  • Two strain gauges R 3 and additional two strain gauges R 3 are respectively applied symmetrically to each other relative to the neutral axis for bending deformations of the pin-like member 4 respectively on the upper and lower surfaces (as seen in Figure 7(a)) of the deformation-sensing portion 40 whereas two strain gauges R 4 and additional two strain gauges R 4 (four strain gauges in total) are applied symmetrically to each other relative to the neutral axis for bending deformations of the pin-like member 4 respectively on the side surfaces (as seen in Figure 7(a)) of the deformation-sensing portion 40.
  • the deformation-sensing portions 37,40 are symmetrically disposed along the neutral axis for bending deformations.
  • the four strain gauges R1 are connected into a bridge similar to that shown in Figure 4.
  • the strain gauges R 2 , R 3 and R 4 which are individually constructed of four strain gauges, are respectively connected into bridges similar to. that shown in Figure 4.
  • Numeral 41 indicates leads connected to the strain gauges R 1 ,R 2 .
  • Designated at numeral 42 are leads connected to the strain gauges R 3 ,R 4 .
  • Numeral 43 indicates a through-hole formed through the securement portion 36, through which hole 43 the leads 41 extend.
  • numeral 44 indicates a through-hole formed through the securement portion 38, through which through-hole 44 the leads 42 extend.
  • the strain gauges R 2 ,R 4 are arranged along the x-axis and the strain gauges R 1 ,R 3 are on the other hand arranged along the y-axis, as illustrated in Figure 7(b). Therefore, it is feasible to detect the shear forces, which have been produced respectively in the x-axis and y-axis directions by a force exerted on the pin-like member 4, by the deformation-sensing portions 37,40 of the insertion member 33,34, irrelevant to a deformation caused by a bending moment.
  • the load detector of the second embodiment can detect forces applied in any directions within the planes which extend at right angles relative to the axis of the pin-like member 4.
  • an unknown force W is applied to a point P which is apart from the axis of the pin-like member 4 as shown in Figure 7(a) or Figure 8.
  • This force W may be divided into a force component W x in the x-axis direction and another force component W y in the y-axis direction-
  • the component force W x deforms both side surfaces of the deformation-sensing portion 37 of the insertion'member 33 and the extents of the resulting deformations are converted into signals by the strain gauges R 2 .
  • the force component W y deforms the upper and lower surfaces of the deformation-sensing portion 37 of the insertion member 33 and the extents of their deformations are converted into signals by the strain gauges R 1 .
  • W x and W y are then obtained independently from the above-described signals, using desired signal-processing means.
  • each set of the strain gauges R 2 ,R 1 is formed into a bridge similar to the bridge depicted in Figure 4, in other words, is formed in the same manner as the relationship between the arrangement of the strain gauges 15 - 18 shown in Figure 1 and the bridge depicted in Figure 4. Accordingly, strains produced respectively by bending moments in the x-axis and y-axis directions do not give significant output signals.
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view of another example of the insertion members provided with the load detector of the second embodiment.
  • an insertion member 45 shown in Figure 9 may also be provided.
  • the insertion member 45 illustrated in Figure 9 is equipped at both end parts thereof with securement portions 46,47 to be coupled with the pin-like member 4.
  • securement portions 46,47 there are respectively provided fixing portions 46a,47a having diameters smaller than those of the securement portions 46,47.
  • the insertion member 45 is also provided at-a central part thereof with a deformation-sensing portion 51 which consists of thin-walled portions 48,49 provided respectively in continuation with the fixing portions 46a,47a and extending perpendicularly to each other and a fixing portion 50 provided in continuation with the thin-walled portions 48,49 and having a diameter substantially equal to the diameters of the fixing portions 46a,47a.
  • numeral 51a indicates a through-hole formed through the securement portion 47 and allowing leads connected to strain gauges to pass therethrough.
  • a load detector equipped with the insertion member 45 having the thus- constructed deformation-sensing portion 51 can also detect only shear forces in two directions, namely, in the x-axis and y-axis directions independently.
  • Figure 10 is a side elevation showing a load detector according to the third embodiment of this invention, a part of which load detector is illustrated in cross-section.
  • Figure 11 is a side view showing an insertion member provided with the load detector of the third embodiment.
  • Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XII-XII of Figure 11.
  • the pin-like member 4 is constructed, as shown in Figure 10, -of a barrel portion 52, which also serves as a pin connecting the machine-constituting members 1,2 to each other, and covers 53,54 which close up both ends of the barrel portion 52.
  • a barrel portion 52 which also serves as a pin connecting the machine-constituting members 1,2 to each other, and covers 53,54 which close up both ends of the barrel portion 52.
  • the barrel portion 52 there are formed two holes 57,58 in which two insertion members 55,56 are respectively inserted, and another hole 57a which communicates these holes 57,58 to each other.
  • One of the insertion members 55,56, the insertion member 55 has at both end parts thereof securement portions 59,60 coupled respectively with the barrel portion 52 of the pin-like member 4 and at a central part thereof a deformation-sensing portion 66 formed of fixing portions 61,62 provided respectively in continuation with the securement portions 59,60 and made individually of a rigid material, two pairs of thin-walled planar portions 63,64 provided respectively in continuation with the fixing portions 61,62, said thin-walled portions 63,63 opposing to each other and said thin-walled portions 64, 64 facing to each other and said thin-walled portions 63, 63,64,64 being responsive to each load to be exerted on the pin-like member 4 and enlarging the resulting strain, and a fixing portion 65 provided in continuation with these thin-walled portions 63,64 and made of another rigid material, as illustrated in Figures 11 and 12.
  • the above-described pair of thin-walled portions 63,63 and the aforementioned pair of thin-walled portions 64,64 are arranged respectively in the x-axis direction and the y-axis direction so that they cross at right angles to each other.
  • the deformation-sensing portion 66 containing these thin-walled portions 63,64 is disposed with their axis of symmetry nearly coincident with the neutral axis for bending deformations.
  • FIG. 1 Designated at letter R 5 are four strain gauges applied on the thin-walled portions 63,63.
  • Letter R 6 indicates four strain gauges applied on the thin-walled portions 64,64. These strain gauges R 5 ,R 6 form bridges similar to that shown in Figure 4.
  • Numerals 70,71 indicate respectively through-holes which are formed respectively through the securement portions 59,60 and allow lead wires connected to their corresponding strain gauges to extend therethrough.
  • the insertion member 56 has at both end parts thereof securement portions 72,73 and at a central part thereof a deformation-sensing portion 79 which is composed of fixing portions 74,75, two pairs of thin-walled portions 76,76,77,77, said thin-walled portions 76,76 and thin-walled portions 77,77 crossing at right angles and all of said thin-walled portions 76,76,77,77 being responsive to each load to be exerted on the pin-like member 4 and enlarging the resulting strain, and another fixing portion 78.
  • the thin-walled portions are provided with their axis of symmetry nearly coincident with the neutral axis for bending deformations.
  • this insertion member 56 defines, only through the securement portion 72, a through-hole 79a through which leads may extend.
  • strain gauges R 7 ,R 8 which form bridges similar to those of the strain gauges R 5 ,R 6 respectively-Numeral 80 indicates leads connected to the strain gauges R 5 ,R 6 while numeral 81 indicates leads connected to the strain gauges R 7 ,R 8 .
  • the leads 8.1 extend via the through-hole 79a, a hole 57a and the through-holes 70,71 of the insertion member 55 to the hole 57.
  • the leads 80 extend through the through-hole 71 of the insertion member 55 to the hole 57.
  • Numeral 83 indicates a connector to which the leads 80,81 are connected.
  • the connector 83 is supported on the cover 53.
  • the cover 53 also serves as a support member for holding the connector 83 in place.
  • Numeral 84,85 are respectively a bolt fastening the cover 53 on the barrel portion 52 and a bolt threadedly securing the cover 54 on the barrel portion 52.
  • the deformation-sensing portion 66 Since the deformation-sensing portion 66 has the pair of thin-walled portions 64,64 capable of showing a low degree of rigidity to a force applied in the y-axis direction and the pair of thin-walled portions 63,63 capable of exhibiting a high degree of rigidity to a force exerted in the y-axis direction, the deformation-sensing portion 66 does not undergo a uniform deformation throughout the entirety thereof but deforms to the extent ⁇ over the length d of each thin-walled portion 64. Namely, the deformation 6, which is produced over the distance L of the barrel portion 52 of the pin-like member 4, is developed concentrating at the length d of each thin-walled portion -64 of the deformation-sensing portion 66.
  • the deformation ⁇ is converted to signals by means of the strain gauges R 6 .
  • the thin-walled portions 63,63 have high rigidity in the y-axis direction, strains to be produced therein will be so small that they may be ignored. Such strains are cancelled out owing to the bridge-formed connection of the strain gauges R 5 , thereby preventing the strain gauge R 5 from producing outputs. Namely, the shear force produced in the barrel portion 52 of the pin-like member 4 in response to the force W 1 applied in the y-axis direction is detected with high sensitivity by means of the strain gauges R 6 applied on the thin-walled portions 64,64 which have low rigidity in the y-axis direction.
  • the deformation-sensing portion 66 Since the deformation-sensing portion 66 is nearly coincident with the neutral axis of the pin-like member 4 for bending deformations, the deformation-sensing portion 66 undergoes relatively small deformations when bending moments are applied thereto as illustrated by way of example in Figure 6(b). Since the strain gauges R 6 which are adapted to detect elongations and shrinkages are formed into the same bridge as that shown in Figure 4, deformations by such bending moments are cancelled out and, similar to the first embodiment mentioned above, only deformations caused by shear forces shown in Figure 6(a) are thus detected without being affected by the location of a point where the force W 1 is applied. Accordingly, the thus-obtained detection outputs do not vary even when the working point of the force W 1 is changed. Therefore, no preciseness is required as to the installation position of the insertion member 55.
  • the load detector works in the same manner as that described above, when a force is applied thereto in the x-axis direction as seen in Figure 12.
  • strain gauges R 5 applied on the thin-walled'portions 63,63 which show a low degree of rigidness to forces applied in the x-axis direction
  • shear forces produced in the barrel portion 52 of the pin-like member 4 in response to thrusts applied in the x-axis direction can be detected with a high degree of sensitivity
  • the load detector of the third embodiment can detect, similar to the above-described load detector of the second embodiment, forces applied in the x-axis and y-axis directions independently.
  • the load detector of the third embodiment is constructed in such a way that each deformation is concentrated at the thin-walled portions 63,64,76,77. Accordingly, loads can be detected with still higher sensitivity.
  • the load detector of the third embodiment of this invention can also maintain a sufficient degree of strength and can also avoid the contact of the strain gauges R 5 ,R 6 ,R 7 , R 8 to external substances or objects.
  • Figures 14(a) through 14(e) schematically illustrate other examples of the thin-walled portions which make up the deformation-sensing portions 66,79 of the insertion members 55,56 equipped with the load detector of the third embodiment.
  • Such thin-walled portions are not limited to such a pair of thin-walled planar portions as illustrated in Figures 10 - 12, namely, to the thin-walled portions 63,64 or 76.,77 which are arranged with a square hole defined by the thin-walled portions.
  • the thin-walled portions may also be formed by a thin-walled portion 86 defining such a round-cornered square hole as shown in Figure 14(a), a thin-walled portion 87 with such an octagonal hole formed therein as depicted in Figure 14(b), a thin-walled portion 88 with such a circular hole formed therein as shown in Figure 14(c), a thin-walled portion 89 with such an elliptical hole formed therein as illustrated in Fig. 14(d), or a thin-walled portion 90 with such a hole, which consists of two circular holes and a slot extending between the circular holes, formed therein as depicted in Figure 14(e).
  • the thin-walled portions 88,89,90 formed respectively by the holes shown in Figures 14(c), 14(d) and 14(e) are easy to fabricate.
  • strain gauges have been referred to as one example of signal-producing means. It should however be borne in mind that the present invention is not limited to the use of strain gauges but the signal-producing means may also be composed of differential transformers, magnetic sensors, piezoelectric elements or the like.
  • the pin-like member 4 has been formed into a cylindrical shape in each of the above-described first to third embodiments.
  • the shape of the pin-like member 4 is however not limited to the cylindrical one but may also be formed into a variety of shapes including a square-cylindrical shape.
  • the insertion member 55 is equipped with the deformation-sensing portion 66 which has the pair of thin-walled portions 63,63 and the pair of thin-walled portions 64,64 disposed at right angles relative to the thin-walled portions 63,63.
  • the insertion member 55 may be equipped with a deformation-sensing portion which has only thin-walled portions capable of undergoing deformations in response to such forces, for example, the thin-walled portions 63,63 only.
  • Figure 15 is a side elevation of a wheeled loader which is given as one example of machines to which the load detector of this invention may be applied.
  • Pins 110,111 which support a bucket 109 of the wheeled loader, are formed for example in accordance with the third embodiment shown in Figure 10.
  • forces W 1 ,W 2 applied to the pins 110,111 as shown in Figure 16 upon conducting an excavation operation by the bucket 109 are detected as force components W x1 , W y1 , W x2 and W y 2 divided respectively in two directions, namely, the x-axis and y-axis directions owing to the provision of the pins 110,111.
  • the digging force F is F
  • the distance between the pin 110 and the pin 111 is l 3
  • the tilt angle of the digging force F to the y-axis is ⁇ 3
  • the distance between the point where the line of action of the digging force F crosses with the y-axis and the pin 111 is L 1 . Accordingly, the digging force F is determined by the following equation:
  • the distance L 3 is determined, based on the balance in moment about the pin 111, in accordance with the following equation:
  • the magnitude, direction and position of the action line of the digging force F applied to the bucket 9 can be determined by performing the above-described operations on W x1 , W y1 , W x2 and W y2 detected by the pins 110,111 in accordance with a computing unit or the like provided as a separate unit.
  • a king pin 112 may for example be accordance with the above-described third embodiment.
  • each digging force F can be determiend by the pins 110,111,112 per se which are machine-constituting parts, thereby materialising desirously-controlled operations such as constant-load digging, energy-saving digging, facilitation of sensor-controlled operations and achievement of high performance-Figure 17 is a side elevation illustrating a bulldozer given as another example of machines to which the load detector of this invention may be applied.
  • two pins 114,115 supporting a.blade 113, a pin 116 provided at each proximal end of a C-frame and a pin 117 of a trunnion supporting each cylinder for the blade are for example formed in accordance with the aforementioned third embodiment.
  • the bulldozer equipped with the pins 114,115, 116 and 117, which are all formed in the manner mentioned above, can also materialise desirously-controlled operations similar to the wheeled loader shown in Figure 15.
  • Figure 18 is a side elevation illustrating a dump truck which is given as a further example of machines to which the load detector of this invention may be applied.
  • vessel pins 118,119 and suspension pins 120,121 are formed for example in accordance with the above-described third embodiment of this invention.
  • loads applied to the pins 118,119, 120,121 can be detected by means of the pins 118,119,120, 121, namely, the load detectors.
  • the pins 118,119,120, 121 namely, the load detectors.

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